I need help finding information on this

[pagani123]

So normally i would go to reddit but you know how reddit can be. I need help finding some information on a certain aircraft i know this is a tech forum but maybe you guys could be of some assistance. So there are 5 b 36s left in the world and only one in private hands i have been trying to figure out where this aircraft ended up. I could only track it so far as it being in the collection of the late walter soplata. I am still trying to figure out if it is still there or what. If anyone could find any information on the YB-36/RB-36E as to where it is now or any recent articles on it that would be very helpful 

thanks

[Josephdalepi]

YB-36/RB-36E

• AF Ser. No. 42-13571 – in the private collection of the late Walter Soplata in Newbury, Ohio.^[58] This was the first prototype to be converted to the bubble canopy used on production B-36s. It was on display in the 1950s and 1960s at the former site of the Air Force Museum, now the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. When the museum's current location at Wright-Patterson was being developed in the late 1950s, the cost of moving the bomber was more than simply flying a different B-36 to the new location and the aircraft was slated to be scrapped. It was cut up at the old museum site by the summer of 1972. Instead, Soplata bought it and transported the pieces by truck to his farm, where it sits today in several large pieces. The bomb bay currently contains a complete P-47N still packed in its original shipping crate.^[59]

^{yay wikipedia}

[pagani123]

YB-36/RB-36E

• AF Ser. No. 42-13571 – in the private collection of the late Walter Soplata in Newbury, Ohio.^[58] This was the first prototype to be converted to the bubble canopy used on production B-36s. It was on display in the 1950s and 1960s at the former site of the Air Force Museum, now the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. When the museum's current location at Wright-Patterson was being developed in the late 1950s, the cost of moving the bomber was more than simply flying a different B-36 to the new location and the aircraft was slated to be scrapped. It was cut up at the old museum site by the summer of 1972. Instead, Soplata bought it and transported the pieces by truck to his farm, where it sits today in several large pieces. The bomb bay currently contains a complete P-47N still packed in its original shipping crate.^[59]

^{yay wikipedia}

 

i have read the Wikipedia article on it just cant tell if its up to date or not 

[That_Random_Guy]

YB-36/RB-36E

• AF Ser. No. 42-13571 – in the private collection of the late Walter Soplata in Newbury, Ohio.^[58] This was the first prototype to be converted to the bubble canopy used on production B-36s. It was on display in the 1950s and 1960s at the former site of the Air Force Museum, now the National Museum of the United States Air Force, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. When the museum's current location at Wright-Patterson was being developed in the late 1950s, the cost of moving the bomber was more than simply flying a different B-36 to the new location and the aircraft was slated to be scrapped. It was cut up at the old museum site by the summer of 1972. Instead, Soplata bought it and transported the pieces by truck to his farm, where it sits today in several large pieces. The bomb bay currently contains a complete P-47N still packed in its original shipping crate.^[59]

^{yay wikipedia}

 

sooooo, they cut up a rare plane... smart.....

[Joey_Plays]

sooooo, they cut up a rare plane... smart.....

Yo, random ass question. But how was your old / retired computer? Could it run games at a 'alright' fps? Games like csgo, gta v etc. No looking into playing on high settings

[pagani123]

sooooo, they cut up a rare plane... smart.....

they cut in in a specific way so that it could be reassembled with ease. it was that or the scrap yard 

[That_Random_Guy]

Yo, random ass question. But how was your old / retired computer? Could it run games at a 'alright' fps? Games like csgo, gta v etc. No looking into playing on high settings

well it played pretty decent. never played gta on it but i was getting about 35-40ish fps on fallout 4 with most setting high and some maxed. played csgo around 200 give or take 30. nfs though, i turned it into a freenas media server after i got a new cooler and my new pc up and running

[Matt420740]

In 1970.....

 

In pieces in 1973.......

 

 

 

 

 

Its final resting place circa 2010........

 

[pagani123]

In 1970.....

 

 

In pieces in 1973.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

Its final resting place circa 2010........

 

 

where did you find those pics? i need a source.i assume its the website on the images

[Matt420740]

where did you find those pics? i need a source.i assume its the website on the images

http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=74806

[pagani123]

http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=74806

thanks